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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?
(a) There are too many storms in the area.
(b) The ship is heavily loaded.
(c) There are too many children on board to risk a slower route.
(d) The ship is too light.

2. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?
(a) A button of her uncle's and a brooch of her grandmother's.
(b) Her uncle's wedding ring and her grandmother's watch.
(c) Her grandmother's ring and her uncle's photograph.
(d) One of her uncle's buttons and her grandmother's plain gold ring.

3. When Marguerite is awoken by the storm, what is the first thing she does?
(a) Reaches for her belongings.
(b) Reaches for her money.
(c) Reaches for her rosary.
(d) Reaches for the children.

4. Who is the main character of Calico Bush?
(a) Aunt Hespa.
(b) Dolly Sargent.
(c) Marguerite Ledoux.
(d) Caleb Sargent.

5. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Sunday Island.
(b) Mount Desert.
(c) Isle au Haut.
(d) Monhegan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?

2. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?

3. What are the mugs made of that Aunt Hespa serves milk in after Marguerite's ordeal in the channel saving the cows?

4. To what does Caleb often compare Marguerite to, suggesting his thoughts as to her trustworthiness?

5. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?

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